Nov-Dec 2022 | Participatory Installation in collaboration with Veera Fung as Atelier In. | as part of deTour HK 2022 “Design As One”
The setting of our home speaks about who we are, full of curious objects with embedded meanings that are often taken for granted. Household items like an ironing board or a cooking pan reflect how gender identity is operated in a domestic space. Do objects have a gender? If so, what is the rationale behind these gendered objects?
This installation invites visitors to reflect upon the gender expression of everyday objects commonly found in a home. In a condensed setting like a curiosity cabinet, household items are on display for visitors to suggest the gender of a particular object. Gender expression is expected to be a spectrum instead of the dichotomy of male and female. Through public participation, this work will create a collective image of how we perceive gender identity at home.
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物品.日常.性別 (家居版)
家居環境是我們個人認知的延伸，但我們很少關注到家裏各式各樣物品的內在含義。像熨衣板或烹飪鍋等家居物品，其實反映了性別認知在家等空間操作。那麼，日常家居用品有性別嗎？如是，定義這些物品性別背後的邏輯又是什麼？
這個裝置邀請參觀者思考日常物品的性別表達。在一個“百寶箱”般的濃縮場景中將展示一系列的家居物品，供參觀者表達他們對這些物品的性別理解。性別表達可以是一個多元的光譜，而不只限於二元男/女。這次作品將會由參加者一起創造一個對於我們如何理解居家物品新版的共同印象。
threshold 內外之間 